@elite87, that one is starter kit offered by petshack. I bought all my glider stuff from them.

@Luna, i don really like to keep in freezer...end up all become soft soft when u defroze it and toss out the water...

If u use the tupperware, jus suck out all the air inside the tupperware, then keep inside the fridge..

There are mainly 3 reasons why we don encourage people to use coconut shell.

As what cottonkandy and yueyi mentioned above, but i jus wan to elaborate more.

1) Stain
- Your glider will turn brownish. Is normal for glider to change color to faded black or brownish when they grow elder or when you put two glider together. However, using coconut shell will not only stain the upper coat but also the stomach hair.
- Sometimes it's bit hard for us to differentiate whether a brown color glider is because of other species? stained? or it's red color series glider?
- But stained glider will hav dull dark brown color, while the natural brown color will be shinnier.

2) Bacteria/Hygiene
- As yueyi mentioned, is very hard for us to clean the coconut thoroughly. Jus imagine, using water only to wash the coconut shell, definitely it would not clean everything because the shell absorb the urine.. And bacteria will started to grow from time to time because the urine stays underneath the coconut fibre.
- You might suggest to use disinfectant or dettol to clean in order to kill all the bacteria. But think again, the coconut fibre absorb liquid and it's really hard to clean/rinse. What if the dettol or disinfectant you used stay within the fibre, and what would happen if ur glider chew it?
- Coconut shell can be a good habitat for bacteria and at the end of the day bacteria infection will happen esp on female's pouch. Not to forget other parasites such as mites or protozoa.

3) Shell Protective/Defensive
- As ck mentioned, glider wil become more shell protective. I nid to clarify that when u use both coconut shell or pouch, the glider will also tend to be shell/pouch protective.
- The difference here is HOW you get the glider out of the shell/pouch.
- For coconut shell, you definitely nid to put ur hand in and catch them or u hav to take the whole shell out and pour them out. Imagine, u r sleeping and suddenly a big giant hand comes in from the only window in ur room and catch u..scary, huh? End up ur glider will be more and more stress and defensive..
- For pouch, is much easier for us to take glider out. Jus squeeze them from bottom slowly. Or you can hold the pouch and let the glider feel ur temp, smell or etc first before take them out..
- Therefore, toothpaste squeezing method will gradually reduce their fear and defensive bahavior, they slowly learn you r nt danger. But, using shell will slowly increase their fear and make them more defensive, because from time to time u jus keep stressing them up.

Other criteria such as comfortableness, safeness (fibre may poke female pouch) or etc shud put in consideration too.

We can use polished coconut shell as decoration or toy.. but for sleepin purpose i will prefer to stick with pouches..

Yes.

u don hv to feel surprise, bcoz it happens on almost all petshop.. tat's y i only get my stuff from petshack, because i dono what kind of products other shop are selling...

They don even know what is glider..

U plan la... I'm preparing for exam~ After exam i am FREED~~



From now onwards, i only get glider from those who feeding HPW diet. Therefore i don hav to reintroduce new diet..

Hi, welcome to the thread.

Good to hear u r feeding on the correct and good diet.

Ok, let me try to answer since i personally experienced the same situation b4.

There are few possibilities that causes of bald/hair dropping tails, or usually we said over-grooming.

Is it only happen to junior? What bout the other two gliders? Do you see them scratchin their body very frequent?

If yes, then most probably it's because of mites. It could due to hygiene of living environment or passed from previous breeder/owner.

For now, you need to send to experienced vet for check up. The vet will scrap the skin of ur glider and see whether there is any mites or not. If mites are found, medicine will be prescribe or injection will be done.

If it's not because of mites, it could be their psychological status that affects them. Imagine, i feed you plain rice for few months, i am sure u feel life is meaningless and bored right? This could be the way Junior reflects and deliver his feelings.

How long hav you feeding on hpw? and what cage are u using?

3ft cage for 3 adult gliders is definitely too small... The space for them to roam and active is so limited..T0T

U clean ur cage every 2 weeks? Mayb can try clean once a week... because sometime when they eat they will spit here and there, then the pee and poo will stick on the cage bars too.. The dirt may not be seen clearly but actually it's kinda dirty, esp u hav a male there.

My advice for u would be go for vet check asap, and change a BIGGER cage, at least 4ft.


@Nezu, so nice the photos~~~ They are lucky to hav you~~

Yeah yeah, coat shine oil is really nice... their fur bcome thick thick and padat padat..

Try to keep track on ur glider weight. For fur and coat it may takes longer time to see the result obviously.

Snap some photos of ur glider to show us~

Not only underage glider, we r very particular wif the products used for glider too..there r a lot stupid seller who selling non reliable product in d market.

Can, 100 n above.

This post has been edited by eric138: Aug 22 2009, 02:56 PM

Money on the board...







Belle: People said I fat d... T-T... hav to keep fit..

So...I ... do pumping...

or another option, jus don feed it.. go for other insects then...

ok Lis...updated.

updated.

Hahaha... rupa2 is u... Hopw ur glider will be healthier and healthier. Keep us updated.

And, u shud start planning to change a proper cage ya.

Good..

Mayb after u take care of ur fren's glider, u will fall in love with them ler...wakkaakak...

Alright. If can, keep track of her weight.

U will see on top of the milk will hav a layer of oil-liked thing, it's normal ya fyi.

Afiq, since u got one pair opposite sex.... Remember acquire more info b4 goes into breeding.

There are a lot people still using hamster cage for sugar glider.

Last time, i used hamster cage b4 too.

So is very important to spread more correct info to others lo..

Erm.... If u ask me, i don think it's a good choice.

Did u see the yellowish apple that he/she is feeding? Aiks.....

What diet is she/he feeding?

No... How are u going to hang those pouches in the tank? If u don use pouch and let them sleep in the ground, the lights will penetrate thru tank easily and upset their eyes.

Besides that, hw they goin to climb in a tank?

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Added on August 24, 2009, 6:54 pmPls do not use hair dryer on glider. Their eyes will melt.

This post has been edited by eric138: Aug 24 2009, 06:54 PM

Actually we can feed those crums to the mealies.. not a big prob.. Sometime, i also feed the leftover cat kibbles from kenken to the mealies.

Ofcourse, vege/fruits are still the main food for the mealies.

Premium Glider Diet is dry staple, u can leave inside the cage for days.

Observe her this few days.. It could be changes of diet that makes her loses appetite. But sooner she will cope up and back to normal.

You can leave the milk at night, then discard the leftover on second day morning.

Or else, morning feed the milk, then night time serve fruits and vege. Your glider is still very young, she cant stuff so much foods in her stomach at one time..

If she doesnt want to drink the milk, then u hv to syringe her.

@Troy, so cute~

@Farid, you can grab mix cranberry with other fruit juice..usually u can find cranberries with apple or cranberries with mix tropical fruit. Ceres is a good brand too..

@Jitshiong, already receiver your mail. But my new lappie don hav microsoft office, i will put it up asap.

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Added on August 26, 2009, 9:35 am@Troy, so cute~

@Farid, you can grab mix cranberry with other fruit juice..usually u can find cranberries with apple or cranberries with mix tropical fruit. Ceres is a good brand too..

@Jitshiong, already receiver your mail. But my new lappie don hav microsoft office, i will put it up asap.

This post has been edited by eric138: Aug 26 2009, 09:35 AM